There were 21 Glaucous Gulls and 4 Iceland Gulls along with only 15 Great Back-backed Gulls among about 250 Herring Gulls at the Orillia Landfill Site today. The gulls would fly up every time one the three Bald Eagles at the site would take to the air. It was interesting to be able to study all four year plumages of the Glaucous Gulls at close range. Most of the Iceland Gulls were either first or second year birds. There was also a Belted Kingfisher, Hooded Mergansers, Common Goldeneyes, Common Mergansers, American Black Ducks and Mallards in Mill Creek at the entrance to the landfill. Only a few Trumpeter Swans at the south end of Lake Couchiching at the Narrows. There are four dozen swans at the north end at Washago. There have been a total of six Bald Eagles around the Narrows in Atherley on the east side of the City Of Orillia this week. The Orillia Landfill Site is at the end of Kitchener Street off West Street in South Orillia on the shores of Lake Simcoe.
Bob Bowles Orillia, Ontario _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
